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SAMAEL Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL have signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. The band is working on a new album, to be released later in 2017. Founded in 1987 as an old-school black metal act that was influenced by the likes of BATHORY, fellow countrymen CELTIC FROST and VENOM, SAMAEL — led by b...

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SLIPKNOT's MICK THOMSON Gets New Soloist USA Signature Limited-Edition Guitar From JACKSON

Jackson has announced the release of the new USA Signature Limited Edition Mick Thomson Soloist guitar. SLIPKNOT lead guitarist Mick Thomson is one of metal's most successful and revered players. His game changing, take-no-prisoners approach to metal guitar has influenced countless musicians worldwi...

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SLAYER's 'American Carnage' Tour Back In Headlines After DONALD TRUMP's Inauguration Speech

During Friday night's (January 20) broadcast of "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC, host Rachel Maddow opened the program by drawing an unlikely connection between the 2010 "American Carnage" tour featuring SLAYER, MEGADETH and TESTAMENT and President Donald Trump's grim inaugural address, which pain...

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ANDREAS KISSER Says SEPULTURA Never Tried To 'Replace' MAX CAVALERA

Guitarist Andreas Kisser spoke to Hot Metal about SEPULTURA's mindset when it came to finding a replacement for Max Cavalera, the iconic frontman who suddenly exited the group twenty years ago at the height of SEPULTURA's success. "Since Max left, we never try to replace him. Derrick [Green, current...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Downplays Latest Drummer Switch; PAUL WANDTKE Confirms Exit From Band

Drummer Paul Wandtke has confirmed that he is no longer a touring member of the Florida-based metal band TRIVIUM. On December 22, BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported the rumor that TRIVIUM had parted ways with Wandtke and welcomed Alex Bent, a member of BATTLECROSS and DECREPIT BIRTH who has previ...

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Video Premiere: HELLYEAH's 'Love Falls'

The official video for the song "Love Falls" from HELLYEAH can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "Unden!able", which was released on June 3, 2016 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort marks the first time HELLYEAH's current lineup — vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Tom Maxwel...

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METALLICA Producer GREG FIDELMAN Discusses Making Of 'Hardwired… To Self-Destruct' (Audio)

Producer Greg Fidelman recently spoke to Soundworks Collection about his work on METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct". You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he met METALLICA: Greg: "[I met]...

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Listen To Live Recording Of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Locked In' From 'Turbo' 30th-Anniversary Reissue

British metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have announced the reissue of their tenth studio album, "Turbo". The album has been remastered and will be released via Sony Music on February 3 on three CDs (the original album and two bonus discs) as well as one-LP 150-gram vinyl. Originally released in 1986, "Tu...

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GRIM REAPER Frontman STEVE GRIMMETT's Right Leg Was Amputated Below The Knee

Vocalist Steve Grimmett of STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER, had part of his right leg amputated after an aggressive infection spread from his toes to his knee. As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday, the singer had been at an in...

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VADER Announces 'Strike Of The Empire' U.S. Tour

Polish death metal legends VADER will invade the U.S. in May. Joining VADER on the 21-date tour are INTERNAL BLEEDING, SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER, VOICES OF RUIN and MICAWBER. VADER will make an appearance at Maryland Deathfest on May 26 before meeting up with the rest of the package. The trek will stop...

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XANDRIA: 'Call Of Destiny' Video Released

The official video for the song "Call Of Destiny" from German/Dutch symphonic metallers XANDRIA can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Theater Of Dimensions", which will be released on January 27 via Napalm Records. Commented the band: "After the release of 'Sacrificium',...

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ARCH ENEMY: Trailer For 'As The Stages Burn!' DVD

ARCH ENEMY will release a new live DVD, "As The Stages Burn!", on March 31 via Century Media. The set contains video footage of the band's largest stage production to date from their performance last summer at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. This performance marks the pinnacle of a...

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Built to Last

Following the band's 2015 "Maximum Metal"award bestowed by Metal Hammer (RIP Team Rock publications, hello again Future Publishing),power metal holdout HAMMERFALL returns with its tenth slab, "Built to Last". If MANOWAR's "The Lord of Steel"was gloriously predictable, so too is this one. Like MANOW...

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ASKING ALEXANDRIA's DANNY WORSNOP Releases Video For 'Don't Overdrink It' Solo Song

Danny Worsnop, the newly returned frontman for U.K. metalcore pioneers ASKING ALEXANDRIA, will release his debut solo album, "The Long Road Home", on February 17 via the U.K.-based independent label Earache Records. The effort marks a slight musical departure from his previous work with ASKING ALEXA...

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Video Premiere: ZAKK WYLDE's 'Lost Prayer'

Guitar icon Zakk Wylde has debuted a video for the track "Lost Prayer" from his latest solo LP, "Book Of Shadows II". Directed by longtime collaborator Justin Reich, it's the second video installment we've seen from Zakk from "Book Of Shadows II". Over the summer, Wylde released the "Sleeping Dogs"...